Trump criticizes Sessions over Russia recusal
By Reuters
20 July 2017 |
11:54 am
U.S. President Donald Trump says he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to a New York Times interview.
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